Necktie retainer



Feb. 14, 1933. RQSSNER 1,897,734

NECKTIE RETAINER Filed July 29, 1952 awvemtoz drikur; foq'qner Patented Feb. 14, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to an improvement in necktie retainers adapted to be used as a substitute for the many kinds of metal tie clasps now employed for gripping the dependent ends of a four-in-hand necktie and holding them in attachment with the shirt front.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device forming a permanent part of the necktie, which engages with a shirt button to holdboth of the ends of the necktie in proper position.

Specifically, the invention contemplates the provision of a loop of thin elastic or stretchable cord secured to the rear face of t e larger tying end of the necktie and dependent thereirom. This loop is adapted to be engaged beneath a shirt button located adjacent to it when the tie is worn. The smaller tying end of the necktie is formed with an aperture or buttonhole through which the loop may be passed and which prevents lateral shifting of the small tying end relatively to the larger end of the tie. The two necktie ends thus held together are elastically held down, by the engagement of the loop beneath the shirt button so that the body of the tie is held constantly in proper position. The elastic loop, acting as the necktie retainer, possesses a considerable degree'of elasticity so that despite movements of the wearer no great strain is placed upon the tie or shirt button. I

In the accompanying drawing wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown, Fig. 1 is a view of a necktie showing the rear face of the tying ends of the same with the improved retaining device attached, and Fig. 2 is a side View showing how the retaining device engages behind a shirt button when the necktie is being worn.

The necktie shown is of the four-in-hand type and may be of any well-known construction. It is provided with the conventional neck-band. portion 1, large end 2, and smaller tying end 3. Secured on the back face of the larger end 2 near the extremity of the same is a loop 4 made of thin elastic c rd or of any other suitable stretchable or expansible material. ably attached to the stitching or by any of attachment. Stitching 5, of the type commonly known in the necktie art as bar 5 tacking, is preferably employed since it acts as a firm anchorage for the loop. the smaller tying end 3 of the necktie, near the end thereof, is an aperture 6 which may be in the form of a. buttonhole, and is suit- 9 ably reinforced.

where it will 2 of The elastic loop 4 is passed through the aperture 6 in the small end of the tie and projects in back of the same gages in back of a shirt button 7. The loop 4 is passedabout the button in that an ambunt of elastic tension is placed on the loop hold down button 7 is the loop, the loop the button-fastening until the loop is placed under sufficient tension to hold the tie down securely. If the distance away from the loop, the loop may be expanded to reach thebutton without applying undue strain or the ends of the tie.

This loop 4 is preferrear face of the tie by other suitable method he device in use is shown in Fig. 2

be seen that the larger end the tie overlies the smaller end 3.

where it e11 such a way so that it serves to elastically both ends of the tie. lit the situated in close proximity to may be wrapped around button is located a short on either the loop If desired, the aperture 6 may be omitted and the smaller end of the tie may be passed through or within the'elastic loop 4:, which engages behind the button as heretofore explained. The 100 oient size to permit t end of the tie within it. As of a considerable degree of elasticity, it maybe expanded to reach an adjacent shirt button without difficulty and will always hold down both ends of the necktie, while being hidden by the tyin pletely concealed forms apermanent part of the tie it is always ready for use worn and its life will be as long as the life of the tie. I

is preferably of suflie insertion of the small the loop 4 is end of the tie and comrom view. As the loop each time the tie is What I claim is 100 1. An article of the class described comrising a necktie of the four-in-hand type aving a large and a small end, an aperture provided in the small end near its termination, and a single loop of elastic cord sewed to the back of the large end, said loop being of sufficient length to enable it to be passed through the aperture in the small end to engage about a shirt button when the necktie is being worn,

- 2. An article of the class described comprising a necktie having two tying ends, a single relatively long elastic cord loop attached to one of said ends, andan aperture formed in the other end through Whichthe loop is passed to engage a shirt button when the necktie is being Worn.

3. An article of the class described comprising a necktie having a pair of tyin ends, one of which comprises an inner enc and the other an outer end when the neck tie is in its tied condition, a single relatively lengthy elastic cord loop attached to the back of the outer tying end, an opening formed in the inner tying end, the loop being of suflicient length to permit it either passed through the opening to engage a shirt tying end of the tie to be passed through it before it engages the shirt button.

ARTHUR ROSSNER.

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